Gladstone writes stating his shock as to the attack on Panjdeh and the slaughter of Afghans. He writes asking whether SCC thinks Wolseley should be brought home from Cairo. He further writes [after a conversation with Granville] as to the possibility of sending some secret agent into the Black Sea to obtain confidential reports as to the differences of forces for the most important points such as Batumi, Keruch, Sevastopol and Odessa. Sent from Holmbury.
Letter from William Ewart Gladstone to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/1711
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/1711, CS8/340/1711
- Dates of Creation
- 8 April 1885
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
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